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Trying to understand CPU load - Activity Monitor
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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 1577073" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>That i7 has 4 cores - each core can be used at up to 100%.</p><p></p><p>100 x 4 = 400% capability.</p><p></p><p>105% / 400% = 26.25%</p><p></p><p>---------------------------------</p><p></p><p>A machine that becomes unresponsive for 15 minutes...</p><p>When is the last time you restarted the machine?</p><p>How much free space do you have on the drive?</p><p></p><p>--------------------------------------</p><p></p><p>The CPU will be used when needed by any running application - up to 400% maximum.</p><p>You'll not see anything even remotely getting close to that except a few things - for example video encoding.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 1577073, member: 24160"] That i7 has 4 cores - each core can be used at up to 100%. 100 x 4 = 400% capability. 105% / 400% = 26.25% --------------------------------- A machine that becomes unresponsive for 15 minutes... When is the last time you restarted the machine? How much free space do you have on the drive? -------------------------------------- The CPU will be used when needed by any running application - up to 400% maximum. You'll not see anything even remotely getting close to that except a few things - for example video encoding. [/QUOTE]
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